Fees
Make checks payable to: District Court Administrator
Go to the Minnesota Court Fees catalog to see calculations of base filing fees plus add-ons. Note that use of eFile & eServe requires a $5.00 processing fee.
Changes effective July 1, 2025.
Civil Court
- Plaintiff / Defendant Filing Fee - $322.00
- Name Change Applicant Filing Fee - $322.00
- Jury Fee (party requesting jury pays the fee) - $100.00
- Plea of Confession if amount confessed is $20,000 or less - $70.00
- Plea of Confession if amount confessed is over $20,000 - $322.00
- Implied Consent - $322.00
- Tax Court Regular Division - $322.00
- Tax Court Small Claims Division- $162.00
- Foreign Judgment (out of state) of $20,000 or less - file a certified copy to register a case - $77.00
- Foreign Judgment (out of state) over $20,000 - file certified copy to register a case - $322.00
- Demand for Removal Appeal (court trial) - $ 322.00
- Demand for Removal Appeal (jury trial) - $422.00
- Administrative Appeals - $322.00
- Appellate/Supreme Court - Notice of Appeal and Petition for Writ of Certiorari - $550.00
- Motion or Responsive Motion in a Civil case - $100.00
- Fax 1 - 50 pages - $25.00
- Every 50 additional pages - $25.00
Conciliation Court
- Claim - up to $20,000 - $70.00
- Counterclaim - up to $20,000 - $70.00
- Subpoena - $16.00
- Witness Fee - $20.00
- Witness round trip mileage - $0.28/mile
- Certified copy of court record - $14.00
- Request for Driver's License Suspension - $14.00
- Special Term Motion (first filing) - $100.00
- Appeal – court trial - $322.00
- Appeal – jury trial - $422.00
Criminal / Traffic Court
- Records Check - Certified, if no record - $14.00
- Records Check - Certified, if record exists - $14.00
- Expungement of a Criminal Case Record - $322.00
- Criminal Expungement Forms Packet + Criminal History Printout (Register of Actions) - $8.00
Family Court
- Petitioner / Plaintiff and Respondent / Defendant filing fees:
- Divorce (Dissolution) with or without Children, Summary Dissolution - $402.00
- Domestic Abuse - no fee
- Annulment, Child Support, Legal Separation - $372.00
- Custody, Family Other, Paternity, Separate Maintenance - $322.00
- Harassment Restraining Order (HRO) - $322.00 (fee may be waived for certain alleged acts)
- Motion/Response to motions or actions subsequent to the initial filing requiring a hearing date or action by the court - $100.00
- Child Support Motion - $50.00 motions
- Fax 1 - 50 pages - $25.00
- Every 50 additional pages - $25.00
Housing Court
- File an Eviction Action - $322.00
- File a Lock Out, Emergency Tenant Remedy Action - $77
- File a Tenant Remedy Action - $322.00
- File a Rent Escrow - $70.00
- Writ of Recovery of Premises and Order to Vacate - $55.00
- Request for a jury trial - $100.00
- File a Motion or Response to Motion - $100.00
Juvenile Court
- File a Motion or Response to a Motion - $100.00
- Motion to Intervene as a Party - $322.00
- Petition for Adoption (child born in the U.S.) - $397.00
- Petition for Adoption (child born outside the U.S.) - $322.00
- Petition for Adoption (Adult) - $322.00
- Petition for Dependency, Neglect or Termination of Parental Rights - $322.00
Miscellaneous Fees
- Transcript of Judgment issued from District Court - $40.00
- Transcript of Judgment docketed in District Court - $40.00
- Transcript of Hearings and Court Proceedings - see Transcript Requests
- File a Satisfaction of Judgment or partial satisfaction - $5.00
- Assignment of Judgment - $5.00
- Application for Discharge of Judgment - $5.00+
- Certificate of Discharge of Judgment - $5.00
- Issuing all Writs/Filing return - $55.00
- Judgment Search (fee for each name certified) - $5.00
- File documents by Fax (per group of 50 pages or part thereof) - $25.00
- Request for Disclosure - $5.00
- Order to Show Cause After Disclosure - $5.00
- Request for Driver's License Suspension - $14.00
- Notice of Attorney’s Lien - $1.00
- Subpoena (each name) - $16.00
- Copy of Filed Court Document - Certified - $14.00
- Copy of Filed Court Document - Exemplified/Authenticated - $14.00
- Court Forms and Instruction Packets 0-10 pages - No fee
- Court Forms and Instruction Packets 11+ pages - $5.00
- Divorce Forms Packet (with or without Children) - $10.00
- Harassment Forms Packet - No fee
- NSF Checks (non-sufficient funds) - $30.00
Probate Court
- Initial Filing Fee (Estates, Trusts, Guardianships, Conservatorships) - $322.00
- Responding, Intervening, or Adverse Parties (first filing) (Estates, Trusts, Guardianships, Conservatorships) - $322.00
- Petition commencing action after dismissal of initial petition (or case) (Estates, Trusts, Guardianships, Conservatorships) - $322.00
- Guardianship Motions and Responses - $100.00 (Exceptions: No fee is charged for uncontested petitions to allow accounts, sell real estate or discharges. A party objecting to a petition must pay either an initial filing fee or motion fee, as applicable.)
- Trust Motions and Responses to Motions - $100.00
- Trust Accounts (Annual or Partial) - $55.00
- Deposit of Wills (Safekeeping) - $27.00
- Certified Sale Papers - $42.00 (Note: $42 includes Will, Order, and Letters. Additional documents are $14 per document.)
- Certified Sale Papers for Successor - $56.00 (Note: $56 includes Will, Order, Successor Order, and Successor Letters. Additional documents are $14 per document.)
- Subpoena - $16.00
- Copy of Filed Court Document – Certified - $14.00
- Copy of Filed Court Document - Exemplified or Authenticated - $14.00
- Lis Pendens Certificate - $16.00
- Records Check - Certified, if record exists (per name or variation thereof) (customer gets a printout of all cases) - $14.00
- Records Check - Certified, if no record is found (per name or variation thereof) (customer gets a Clerk's Certificate certifying no record found after due and diligent search) - $14.00
- NSF Checks (non-sufficient funds) - $30.00